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Jolteon@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
So, what would somebody say the year was if they were asked at that point?
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 6 months ago
ninja@lemmy.world 6 months ago
[deleted]Allero@lemmy.today 6 months ago
You can search for any number between 1 and 2024 and your first result will likely be a Wikipedia article on the year
mrmule@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In Egypt they would say the 8th year of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator
maculata@aussie.zone 6 months ago
No they wouldn’t. They would say something similar BUT IN OLDE WORLDY EGYPTIAN.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 6 months ago
59 BC is actually pretty close to modern coptic I’d bet (though officially it wouldn’t be called coptic until the third century).
maculata@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Yeah but Mrmule was talking at m English, see?
runeko@programming.dev 6 months ago
Pretty sure they would respond, “Get away from me, demon! Stop talking in tongues!”
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
I’m pretty sure the concept of somebody speaking another language from you existed back then.
runeko@programming.dev 6 months ago
Get away from me, demon! Stop talking in tongues!
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Wikipedia says 695 Ab urbe condita.
mkwt@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In the Roman empire it was also common to identify years by the names of the two consuls, because the consuls served one year terms.
Consuls continued to be elected through most of the empire period.
GroteStreet@aussie.zone 6 months ago
The system would also work in the UK the past few years.
azi@mander.xyz 6 months ago
gigachad@feddit.de 6 months ago
They probably woukdn’t even know their own age
Toes@ani.social 6 months ago
A universal calendar hasn’t been established yet so it would depend on where you are.
For example today in 59 BC under the Athenian calendar would be 17 of Thargelion, Ol.180.1
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But that’s a conversation that everyone knows anyways.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
Probably a celebrating Zeusdays